Wheaton, IL is a city located in DuPage County with a population of over 53,000. It has a strong civic presence and a long history of political involvement. The city's government is managed by an elected mayor and eight city council members who serve four-year terms. Wheaton also has representation in the Illinois House of Representatives as well as the Illinois Senate. Furthermore, each year residents are encouraged to get involved politically by voting for local candidates that represent their interests. There are many possibilities for civic engagement within the community and political discourse continues to be an important part of life in Wheaton.
The political climate in Wheaton, IL is somewhat liberal.
DuPage County, IL is moderately liberal. In DuPage County, IL 57.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DuPage county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.7% to 39.7%.
DuPage county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wheaton, IL is somewhat liberal.
DuPage County, Illinois is moderately liberal.
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area is very liberal.
Illinois is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Wheaton, Illinois: R r D d D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Wheaton, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,706 contributions totaling $1,521,095 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,173 contributions totaling $1,838,226 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $441 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)